Most Monumental Album Flops: No. 10

A handful of songs from The River and his four efforts before that are great music. Everything else after is the same old drone...continuous and monotonous.

Springsteen's songs have always been views of the world seen through a highly personal eye. At the time he was settling down, having kids and wondering if everyone going through the same thing he was. At the time, I was. "Lucky Town" spoke to me. "Human Touch" was just a lark. But when it produces a classic title track that ranks with some of the best Bruce has ever done, that's a pretty good lark.

Please every Springsteen album is pretty much GREAT! Some people do not like springsteen but maybe you should consider his true fans!? Yea I loved those two albums so please do NOT call them flops because any true springsteen fan knows that those two albums had great songs on them! And me and my family still listen to those cds. and o yea I love that song should i fall behind...great wedding song!
The Boss is the MAN

I do think they were not as impressive as ... well, any album between The Wild The Innocent and Tunnel of Love (which was actually the predecessor to Human Touch/Lucky town, not BITUSA). Even Born in the USA, while commercial and catchy and all that jazz, gave a unified snapshot of life and had a thematic consistency. For some reason, these two albums just failed to feel internally as cohesive. There are some good songs on them, and I think you could take the best songs from each of them and make a really good record. Plus I like hearing them reinterpreted in live versions. So they're not really *bad* ... they're just lacking something compared to what came before, in my opinion. In that way they're a flop. But yes, they are better than a lot of the crap albums that preceded them on the list.

Hey, if it's good enough for Artie it's good enough for me.

I must be one of the 1 million that purchased those two albums. Maybe you should ask TRUE hardcore fans of Bruce what they think. I didn't GASP! Born In The USA was too commercial. Got everybody on the bandwagon...all wanting to be front runners. Listen to the older stuff, too. This man has been writing and singing awesome music for over 30 yrs. And , yes, Jim, you must have a tin ear. Do us all a favor a don't listen to him anymore...listen to your Rap crap. Music? I think not.

..and another thing...Yes, Jim, you must have a tin ear. Please do us all a favor and don't listen to Bruce anymore. He's the man.

I LOVED these albums. The tour was phenomenal. I was lucky to see him six times that summer. I can do without the current folky stuff, but I still love the guy. No one puts on a show like Bruce.

Will Thomas is so right about this. Another point - these albums were not the follow-up to "Born in the USA" - ever hear of "Tunnel of Love"?

Definately not a flop IMHO. In fact my wife & I used one of the songs from "Lucky Town" as our first dance wedding song- "If I Should Fall Behind"